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Justice, Punishment and the Medieval Muslim Imagination.

A study of the phenomenon of punishment in eleventh-to-thirteenth-century Islamic society.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lange, Christian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Colección:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The historical context; General conditions of punishment under the Saljuqs; Part I: the politics of punishment; Part II: the eschatology of punishment; Part III: legal dimensions of punishment; Part 1 The politics of punishment; Chapter 1 Spheres and institutions of punishment; Private punishments; Punishments carried out before the ruler's tribunal; Public punishments; Institutions of justice and the question of mazalim under the Saljuqs; Punishment by the judge.
  • The police (shihna, shurta)Punishment by the market-inspector (muhtasib); Chapter 2 Types of punishment; Execution by the sword; Gibbeting (salb/bar dar kardan); Other forms of capital punishment; Maimed bodies, maimed faces; Torture (tadhib/shikanja); Flogging and flogging instruments; Shaming (tashhir); Imprisonment; Banishment and exile; Part II The eschatology of punishment; Chapter 3 The structure of hell; Sins and the uncertainty of salvation; The.